Project Detail

Mum and Dad

Name: Mum and Dad
Director: Steven Sheil
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Released: 2008
Duration: 85 mins

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Synopsis

Mum and Dad, and their 'adopted' children, Birdie and Elbie, work at the airport. The family live off whatever they scavenge from cargo holds, offices and hotels - including a steady stream of transient workers who populate the airport's soul-less hub. When Lena, a young Polish office cleaner, is befriended by Birdie, she gets drawn into a nightmarish world of torture, murder and perversity. Imprisoned in a suburban House of Horrors and designated a 'Mummy's Girl', Lena's only options appear to be to become part of the family - and join them in their insanity - or die.

Details

Year: 2008
Type of project: Features
Running time: 85 mins
Format: HD
Director: Steven Sheil 1st Feature
Producer: Sol Gatti-Pascual, Lizzie Francke
Co-Producer: Sol Gatti-Pascual, Lizzie Francke
Editor: Leo Scott
Screenwriter: Steven Sheil
Director of Photography: Jonathan Bloom
Production Designer: Jess Alexander
Sound: Spool
Principal cast: Perry Benson, Dido Miles, Olga Fedori, Ainsley Howard, Toby Alexander

Genre

Horror Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

2am Films

1 Lawford's Wharf
Lyme Street
London NW1 0SF
UK

T +44 020 7428 8800

www.2am.co.uk

Sales Company

High Point Films Ltd

Suite 16, Dean House Studios
Greenwood Place
London NW5 1LB
UK

T + 44 (0)20 7424 6870

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